The AOCE and WB have moderate overall forecasts for the metals in 2025 inline with IMF forecasts for a decline in economic growth and inflation, although we see the probability of a stagflationary scenario as still reasonably high.Read More
The past year was a difficult one overall for the metals, with the main standouts to the upside being a geopolitical risk-driven gain in gold, a China-driven rise in iron ore and a surge in uranium on broadening global support for nuclear power (Figure 1). A jump in global interest rates to near two-decade highs saw recession fears persist all year, and while one still did not actually eru...Read More
This year the post-global health crisis boom was brought to an end by a surge in inflation to forty-year highs, a major rise in global interest rates in an attempt to curb the rising prices and surging geopolitical risk after Russia's invasion of Ukraine. While precious metals held up reasonably well as markets turned to them as a risk hedge, by Q2/22 the higher interest rates put an end t...Read More
Chile is the world leader in copper production, at 28.5% of the total in 2020, and this looks set to continue, with the country having the largest global reserves, at 23.0% of total. It is also the global leader for molybdenum, which is often found along with copper, and is a major lithium player, holding 51.1% of global reserves. Read More
Newfoundland has become a gold exploration hotspot over the past few years, with the sector seeing some of its strongest activity ever. While the province remains a small contributor to Canadian gold production, it has a substantial mineral industry well supported by the government, focused on iron ore, copper and nickel, and the surge in exploration suggests that gold output from the...Read More
Nevada is the core of the U.S. gold output, accounting for by far the majority, at 75.4% on average for the past year. The state looks set to remain a dominant player in U.S. gold, as it accounts for 49% of total U.S. reserves, with Alaska slightly ahead with 51% of reserves, but just 8.6% of current production. The U.S. accounts for 6.1% of global gold output, making Nevada one of the largest gol...Read More
The Golden Triangle in northwestern British Columbia has historically been a major site of Canadian gold production, beginning as early as the mid 1800s. There was a wave of production in the 1990s which cooled as the gold price declined, but larger scale production resumed in 2017, and the area has seen surging exploration interest over the past year, given that the region has some of the largest...Read More
In this report we outline the Quebec gold mining industry, including its major producers, and a survey of many of the junior miners focused on the province. Quebec accounts for 34% of Canadian gold production (second to Ontario, with 44%) and remains a major focus for both producers and junior miners.Read More
Red Lake has been one of the most prolific gold mining districts in Canada and the world, with exploration having started in the 1920s, and production, which began in the 1930s, continuing to the present day. The district is known for the high grade of its gold, its infrastructure, and strong institutional support, given the long history of mining in the area.Read More
Treasury cited Executive Order 14024 which authorised sanctions against "persons determined to be responsible for or complicit in, or to have directly or indirectly engaged or attempted to engage in,Read More
The tech start-up using core enablers of automation to benefit every mineSPONSOREDWorld Copper has economics to back Escalones resource in ChileSPONSOREDworld copper ltd.Marvel Gold stepping up exploration after resource upgradeSPONSOREDmarvel goldAnglesey Mining sharpens focus on the Parys Mountain projectSPONSOREDanglesey mining Venture Minerals is confronting a typical top of the cycle phenomen...Read More
(IDEX Online) - The British government today announced sanctions against Alrosa.It named the diamond producer as one of 65 new Russian businesses and individuals being sanctioned in a move to "to cut off vital industries fuelling Putin's war machine".A statement from Foreign Secretary Liz Truss (pictured) describes Alrosa as "the world's largest diamond mining company specializing in exp...Read More
(IDEX Online) - Young adults are more likely to buy a lab grown than a mined diamond, says new research.Forty-four per cent said they'd opt for a lab grown, compared to 32 per cent who said they'd buy a mined diamond. The remaining 22 per cent were unsure.Size and price were the key factors for Millennial and Gen-Z shoppers, according to market research company the MVEye, which quizzed 7...Read More
(IDEX Online) - Two thirds of Tiffany & Co employees have left the company since the LVMH buyout last January.The current workforce is "one-third original Tiffany staff, one-third LVMH veterans, and another equal share coming from outside both companies," says the fashion Bible WWD, after an interview with the jeweler's president and CEO Anthony Ledru.He said: "We are living in a fast-mov...Read More
(IDEX Online) - An extremely rare 8.82-ct fancy intense purple-pink pear modified brilliant-cut diamond, set in a platinum ring with two smaller stones, is to be auctioned with a high estimate of $6m.It is among the highlights at Christie's Magnificent Jewels auction in New York on 13 April.The Fuchsia Rose diamond (pictured) is certified by GIA as "VVS1 clarity, potentially Internally Flawle...Read More
The funds are being raised through a private placement with the Lind Global Fund II, LP, and is to comprise an initial C$3 million investment, followed by C$7 million of additional investments upon mutual agreement. For the initial C$3 million, Candente is to issue Lind convertible security with a value of C$3.6 million and a 24-month maturity date. The company will concurrently issue wa...Read More
The London-quoted equity of Atlantic Lithium (AIM: AAL) has more than doubled over the past 12 months after the company reported on March 24 a new resource estimate on the Ewoyaa deposit in Ghana had expanded the compliant resource base by 42%.Sitting within the company's Cape Coast Lithium Portfolio, the West Africa asset now sports a Joint Ore Reserves Committee-compliant indicated and inferred...Read More
About 70% of Canadians born in the mid-1990s aren't interested in pursuing careers in the mining or oil and gas industries reveals a new survey, based on 148 'Generation Z' respondents from school and universities. The global study by BDO, an accounting and business advisory group, also states that nearly half of the world's natural resources organizations find it difficult to attract and retai...Read More
Market analyst Wood Mackenzie warns that the ongoing metals and mined commodity price spikes, combined with heightened geopolitical tension, could result in long-lasting market changes.In recent months, factors including the Russia-Ukraine conflict, stimulated economies, thriving post-pandemic demand, and ongoing Covid constraints on logistics have put supply chains under immense stress, triggerin...Read More
New Found Gold (TSXV: NFG) has released assay results from 23 diamond drill holes designed to expand the high-grade gold mineralization at the Golden Joint and Lotto discoveries, located within a 1-km segment of the Appleton fault zone (AFZ).This corridor is part of more than 20 km of prospective strike along the regional-scale Appleton and JBP fault zones on the the company's flagship Queensway p...Read More
Hochschild Mining's (LSE: HOC) rare earths spin-off Aclara Resources (TSX: ARA) has withdrawn an environment impact assessment (EIA) application for its Penco Module project in central Chile to resolve issues raised by the South American nation's government on the protection of local flora and fauna. The company, which is focused on developing rare earth mineral resources and providing a supply...Read More
The London-quoted equity of Ariana Resources (AIM: AAU) gained more than 10% on Thursday after it announced an exploration alliance with the world's biggest gold producer, Newmont Corp (NYSE: NEM, TSX: NGT).The alliance will focus on copper and gold exploration in south-eastern Europe via Ariana's 75%-owned Western Tethyan Resources (WTR) subsidiary, focusing on prospective regions within Bosnia a...Read More
Wallbridge Mining Company (TSX:WM; OTC: WLBMF) has finished the underground development allowing it direct access to the Area 51 zone at its flagship Fenelon gold project. The deposit is 75 km northwest of Matagami in northern Quebec.The company calls reaching the Area 51 zone a 'significant milestone' in that it allows tightly spaced underground drilling, geologic mapping and grade control sampli...Read More
We recently nominated Mr. Vladimir Putin for a Nobel Prize. Today we elevate him once again, to a roll of honor higher yet.That is, we nominate him for membership in the canon catalog of saints...He suffers the blackened reputation of a brutish and even homicidal fellow - a reputation hard earned, it is true.Yet he has performed something of a miracle; hence our nomination. He has succeeded in uni...Read More
Following the first gold pour in December at Orla Mining's (TSX: OLA; NYSE: ORLA) Camino Rojo oxide gold mine in Mexico, the company is embarking on a 2022 exploration strategy that seeks to drive more value through the drill bit, COO Andrew Cormier tells The Northern Miner.The Vancouver-based developer is currently ramping up production and anticipates declaring commercial production at its first...Read More
Hochschild Mining's (LSE: HOC) rare earths spin-off Aclara Resources (TSX: ARA) has withdrawn an environment impact assessment (EIA) application for its Penco Module project in central Chile to resolve issues raised by the South American nation's government on the protection of local flora and fauna. The company, which is focused on developing rare earth mineral resources and providing a supply...Read More
This new world is chaotic and leveraged to the hilt. It is also desperately dysfunctional.Nowhere else it is more obvious than in two countries -both reduced to ashes in World War II. Both long since rising, phoenix-like, except in one key sector.Finally, 80 years later, the mantle of history and shame are being shed in the face of necessity.Let's dive a bit into where Germany and Japan stand toda...Read More
Share this article VANCOUVER - St. James Gold Corp [LORD-TSXV, LRDJF-OTCQB, BVU3-Frankfurt] on Wednesday released assay results from initial drilling at its Florin gold project in the Canadian Yukon. The company said assay results from five of the 16 initial diamond drill holes are "encouraging.''"These latest results show broad intersections of gold, including intermittent higher-grade intervals...Read More
Two-time Vale president Eliezer Batista diesLeadershipLook beyond market approach to project valuations: van ZylLeadershipThe tech start-up using core enablers of automation to benefit every mineSPONSOREDWorld Copper has economics to back Escalones resource in ChileSPONSOREDworld copper ltd.Two additional diamond rigs are being mobilized to site, bringing the total diamond rig count to seven. The...Read More